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Van Dijk, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are all up for UEFA's Men's Player of the Year award to be decided later in the evening, after all of the positional awards have been decided during the Champions League draw.

The three-man shortlist was decided following votes from a jury of 80 coaches of the clubs that began the Champions League (32) and Europa League (48) group stages last season, as well as one journalist from each of the 55 UEFA member associations.

UEFA had already announced that Alisson, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah had taken their places in the top 10 - coming in fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.

Van Dijk arriving at the awards (Image: UEFA via Getty Images)

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Mane and Salah shared the Premier League Golden Boot with Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, with the Senegalese scoring a brace against Bayern Munich in the second round of the Champions League and Salah netting the opener against Tottenham in Madrid from the spot.

The remainder of the top 10, in order, was made up of Eden Hazard, Matthijs de Ligt, Frenkie de Jong and Raheem Sterling.